Combination fan and mirror



March 15, 1949. WE, CHILD 2,464,292

communion FAN AND MIRROR Filed Dec. 8, 1945 lm/znfor WALTER. ELKAN CHILOA ormey f KY\\\ Patented Mar. 15, 1949 COMBINATION FAN AND MIRROR WalterElkan Chilo, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to Skinner & Kennedy Stationery00., St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application December 8,1945, Serial No. 633,792

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to improvements in hand fans, which areusually inexpensive and quite often are distributed gratis as anadvertising medium, and has among its objects, the production of such afan that will be simple and relatively inexpensive, neat and attractivein appearance, most highly useful, easily constructed, and which will beotherwise eflicient and satisfactory for use wherever deemed applicable.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to so combine a fan ofthe kind described, with a mirror, so that the same device may be usedas either item, without resorting to extraneous articles for such use.

Another object of this invention is to so mount a mirror on such a handfan, so that the ornamental and esthetic appearance of the latter willnot be lowered, but will, upon the contrary be enhanced, and wherein thefan will have such mirror form all or part of a decorative delineationthereon.

A further object of the invention is to so construct such a fan of aplurality of superimposed plies of paper board or the like, and mountthe mirror in a recess in an outermost ply to come substantially flushwith the exterior face of the latter.

An added object of my invention is to construct said mirror and combineit with the fan that said mirror will appear as an integral and naturalpart of the fan, to thereby add to the beauty and attractiveness of anypictorial delineation formed on the latter, with the important resultthat such devices will be quite desirable and retained over very longperiods of service.

A still further object of my invention is to form such a mirror of aflexible plastic, so that the fans may be shipped and otherwise handledin normal trade, without danger of breakage and spoilage, and when inservice, may be accidentally dropped or be knocked against hard objects,without breakage of the mirror.

Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown anddescribed, will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which thisinvention appertains, as will be apparent from the disclosures hereingiven.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters represent like orcorresponding parts throughout the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combination fan andmirror; and

Figure 2 is a median cross-sectional view therethrough, takensubstantially along the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

With further reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated apreferred embodiment of my invention, there is shown a fan of anysuitable size, material, shape and construction, and formed gene ally ofthe fan proper A with the handle projecting downwardly therefrom asindicated at B. Such a fan is agitated by the wellknown manner, bygrasping it by said handle and alternately manipulating it to and fro,at the speed desired.

The fan member A is preferably formed of two or more plies of paperboard or the like, there being a pair of such plies l and 2, shown inthe drawings, and said plies may be superimposed on and the handle Bfirmly affixed to such superimposed plies by means of a staple 3 or thelike, somewhat as shown.

Any message, greeting, slogan or advertisement 4, may be imprinted orotherwise placed on one or both faces of said fan, and in this instance,but one such message is shown, and is arranged on what will behereinafter termed the top or uppermost face, on the ply l.

In addition, a pictorial delineation may be imprinted or otherwisesuitably formed on said top face of the fan, said delineation having asa highly important feature thereof, the representation of some highlyreflective surface or object, such as of water, moon, or other selectedobjects, and in the embodiment shown is the stream or waterway 5.

A mirror 6, preferably of a flexible plastic, with a silvered backingimparted thereto, as indicated at 'l', is made of any desired size andshape, as in the circular form shown, and forming all or a part of saidreflective object 5 delineated in the top face of the fan, it beingunderstood, of course, that the size and shape of said mirror shall bein pleasing and esthetic harmony with the pictorial delineationselected.

Although said mirror has been found suitable when made of a plastic of acellulose derivative, it may be made of properly selected reflectivesurfaced metals, or even of glass if desired, although in the latterinstance, the matter of breakage of the mirror should be considered.

The particular ply that is to receive the mirror 6 thereon is providedwith a cut-out or recess 8 therein, said recess being of such depth thatthe mirror does not project exteriorly beyond the corresponding face ofthe said ply.

To better harmonize with the pleasing appearance of the scene depictedon said ply, said mirror is preferably flush with said correspondingexterior face of said ply I. If said mirror extended outwardly beyondsaid face, it would more easily become scratched and soiled, and on theother hand, if it terminated within the plane of said face of the ply I,there would result a ridge or crevice to accumulate dust and dirt.

For the sake of simplicity in manufacture, the ply 9 receiving themirror therein has said recess clear through its thickness, said plythereafter superimposed on the other cooperating ply or plies, and thehandle is stapled through the several plies of fan material.

The mirror and ply I are therefore made of substantially equalthickness, so that when the mirror is pressed into said recess oropening 8, its rear will abut the adjacent ply and its face will besubstantially flush with the corresponding face of said ply I. Themirror may be securely held within its recess by frictional engagementbetween the peripheral edges alone, if so desired, or an adhesive may beinterposed between said mirror and fan parts.

It is obvious that, While said mirror forms an integral part of thescene depicted on the fan surface, it is functional in addition, and theuser of the fan need not resort to a purse, handbag, vanity, etc., whena mirror is desired for use at the time.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that variousimmaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing fromthe spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the exact form,

arrangement, construction and combination of parts herein shown anddescribed, or the uses mentioned, except as limited by the state of theart to which this invention appertains, and by the claims hereuntoappended.

What I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a combination fan and mirror, a fan member formed of a pair ofsuperimposed plies permanently secured together to form the front andback of the member of fixed double thickness, and a reflective elementmounted in one of said plies and fiush with the exterior of the latterand of a thickness substantially equal to that of said ply.

2. In a combination fan and mirror, 9, fan made of a pair of permanentlysuperimposed plies of paper board to constitute the outer faces of thefan of multiple thickness, a flexible plastic mirror snugly recessed inan outermost ply to substantially engage the other outermost ply andextending to substantially flush with the exterior face of thefirst-mentioned outermost ply.

WALTER ELKAN CHILO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 226,260 Allen Apr. 6, 18801,667,606 Romano Apr. 24, 1928 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date344,532 France a- Sept. '7, 1904

